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Sociology & Anthropology 1 • Students remain undergraduates until they meet all the requirements SOCIOLOGY & for the undergraduate degree and are eligible for all rights and privileges granted undergraduate status, including financial aid. ANTHROPOLOGY • Near the end of the undergraduate program, formal application to the graduate program is required. The application fee will be waived, the Sociology and Anthropology are the broadest of the social sciences. applicant will need to contact the Office of Graduate Studies for a fee Sociology is the scientific study of human relationships. Sociologists seek waiver code. to understand the ways that often unseen social forces shape our lives. • Admission to Fast Track does NOT guarantee admission to the Anthropology is the holistic study of human biology and culture across time graduate program. and place. Anthropologists typically work within one of four sub-disciplines: • The admit term must be after the completion term of the archaeology, biological anthropology, linguistic anthropology, and socio- undergraduate degree. cultural anthropology. Contact These disciplines are particularly useful to graduates entering the 21st 383 Arts and Sciences Hall century labor force. Our rapidly changing and increasingly diverse world 402.554.2626 offers both opportunities and monumental challenges. Sociology and Anthropology give students the analytical skills to understand such Website (http://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-arts-and-sciences/sociology- challenges and the tools to improve our society at all levels – from the and-anthropology/) neighborhood to the world community. Degrees Offered Other Information • Sociology, Bachelor of Arts (http://catalog.unomaha.edu/ All coursework taken for the Sociology major, minor, and Anthropology undergraduate/college-arts-sciences/sociology-anthropology/sociology- minor must be completed with a grade of "C" or better. ba/) UNO Sociology Club – open to all students interested in discussing all • Sociology, Bachelor of Science (http://catalog.unomaha.edu/ things sociological! undergraduate/college-arts-sciences/sociology-anthropology/sociology- bs/) UNO Student Anthropology Society – bring yourself, your lunch, and your interest in Anthropology! Writing in the Discipline All students are required to take a writing in the discipline course within Alpha Kappa Delta (AKD) – the Alpha Chapter of Nebraska of the their major. For the sociology major this is SOC 4900. International Sociological Honor Society for students who meet certain academic requirements. Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of For more information visit our Student Organizations (https:// Science (BS) in Sociology www.unomaha.edu/college-of-arts-and-sciences/sociology-and- Students are required to complete 33 hours of coursework for the Sociology anthropology/student-opportunities/student-organizations.php) page. BA or BS degree: 21 hours of core required courses and 12 hours of additional sociology or anthropology courses. The department offers five Option for Degree Completion optional concentrations that fulfill the 12 hours of additional coursework: Fast Track Program anthropology, families and inequality, health and society, inequality and social justice, and work and organizations. The Department of Sociology & Anthropology has developed a Fast Track program for highly qualified and motivated students providing the Students in the BA degree program are required to complete foreign opportunity to complete a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in language through the intermediate level. an accelerated time frame. With Fast Track, students may count up to 9 graduate hours toward the completion of their undergraduate program as Students in the BS degree program are required to complete 15 hours of well as the graduate degree program. cognate coursework, a field of specialization outside of sociology based on their interests and/or career aspirations. Cognates are designed by the Program Specifics: student in consultation with the undergraduate adviser. • This program is available for undergraduate students pursuing a Online option Sociology BA/BS major who desire to pursue a Sociology MA degree. The Sociology BA/BS is available on campus or entirely online. Earning a • Students must have completed no less than 60 undergraduate hours. concentration is not required, but online majors do have the option to select • Students must have a minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.0 and a GPA of the health and society concentration. 3.3 in SOC and ANTH courses. • Students must complete the Fast Track Approval form, obtain all Minors Offered signatures, and submit to the Office of Graduate Studies prior to first • Sociology Minor (http://catalog.unomaha.edu/undergraduate/college- enrollment in a graduate course. arts-sciences/sociology-anthropology/sociology-minor/) • Students will work with their undergraduate advisor to register for the • Anthropology Minor (http://catalog.unomaha.edu/undergraduate/ graduate courses. college-arts-sciences/sociology-anthropology/anthropology-minor/) • ANTH 1050, SOC 1010, SOC 2120, SOC 2130, SOC 2134 should be completed before enrolling in the first graduate course. Both the sociology and anthropology minors are available on campus or • SOC 3510 and SOC 3514 should be taken before or concurrently entirely online. with enrollment in the first graduate course. Sociology is the scientific study of social life that reveals the ways that often • A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 is required for graduate coursework unseen social forces shape our lives. Anthropology is the holistic study to remain in good standing. of human biology and culture across time and place. At a fundamental level, both sociology and anthropology invite us to break through our 2 Sociology & Anthropology common sense ideas about the world, allowing us to better understand and SOC 2134 SOCIAL STATISTICS LAB (1 credit) potentially improve society. Students who study sociology and anthropology A computer-based laboratory course to be taken in conjunction with will gain a distinct perspective on social inequality, patterns of behavior, SOC 2130. The focus is on using computer software to produce and forces for social change and resistance, and how social systems work. interpret statistical information in the study of social life. Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): MATH 1120, MATH 1130, MATH 1220, Sociology majors learn the analytical skills needed to understand the MATH 1310, or MATH 1530 and SOC 2130 (taken previously or challenges of a rapidly changing and increasingly diverse world. And concurrently) or permission of instructor. Not open to non-degree graduate they graduate with the tools to improve our societies at all levels – from students. the neighborhood to the global community. That’s because a degree in sociology provides students with a well-rounded liberal arts education that SOC 2150 SOCIOLOGY OF FAMILIES (3 credits) emphasizes critical thinking, decision-making skills, and the ability to make This course provides a description and analysis of contemporary families connections across disciplines, leading to potential careers in: from a sociological perspective. A life course perspective traces the development of family life, with special attention to change, choice, and • Family and Social Services Program Support diversity. Topics such as family structure, the functions of the family as an institution, family comparisons across culture and time, and difficulties • Business Management and Leadership faced by families in contemporary society will also be explored. Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): Not open to non-degree graduate • Marketing Analysis and Research students. Distribution: Social Science General Education course and U.S. Diversity • Survey Research General Education course • Health and Human Services SOC 2190 THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST (3 credits) An interdisciplinary study of the social, religious, and historical dimensions • Health Care Administration of contemporary issues and events which make the Middle East cultural and geographic region a center of global tensions. After providing a background • Nonprofit Organizational Administration of how Islam spread in and unified the region, students will study factors • Criminal Justice which have shaped the Middle East from the late Ottoman period to the present, analyzing the principal sociocultural and political economic developments in the Middle East from the early 19th century to the early Sociology 21st century. (Cross-listed with RELI 2190, HIST 2190). SOC 1010 INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY (3 credits) Distribution: Humanities and Fine Arts General Education course and An introduction to the study of human societies. The course presents Global Diversity General Education course the fundamental concepts and theories that make up the sociological SOC 2300 SPORT & SOCIETY (3 credits) perspective. These serve as tools for the analysis of social inequality, social This course provides a sociological examination of the contemporary institutions and social change. sports world and the ways that the institution of sport both reflects and Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): Not open to non-degree graduate shapes society. The importance of sports to culture and socialization, the students. interaction between sports and other social institutions, and the unique role Distribution: Social Science General Education course that sports plays in both perpetuating and contesting inequalities of race, SOC 2100 SOCIAL PROBLEMS (3 credits) gender, class, identity,